Category Dance-pose

Dance pose

ananda-tandava

dance pose; ‘dance of bliss’ – associated with South Indian representations of Shiva Nataraja, especially processional bronze images

angaharas

bodily gryations in a dance pose

asamyuta

single hand in dance gesticulation

asamyuta-hasta

single hand in dance gesticulation

bhujanga-trasita

‘scared by snake’, a dance-pose suggesting movement away from a snake out of fear

chatura

a dance-pose, with the left foot slightly raised but still touching the ground; lit. clever

hasta

mode of hand suggestive in dance, single asamyuta or double samyuta

karanas

dance pose; classified and codified dance movements

lalitha

dance pose; graceful form

samyuta

double hand in dance gesticulation

samyuta-hasta

double hand in dance gesticulation

tandavakaranas

dance poses

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